Bài giảng Tiếng Anh Lớp 8 - Unit 4: Our Customs and Traditions - Period 31, Lesson 5: Skills 1

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1. 1. Look at the pictures and answer the questions. 1. What are the people doing in each picture? → Picture 1: A family is celebrating a birthday. Picture 2: People are making chung cakes. Picture 3: A family is at an amusement park. 2. Does your family ever do the same things? →
2. English 8 UNIT 4 . PERIOD 31: SKILLS 1
3. GUESSING
4. 2. Read Mi’s presentation on customs and traditions and find the answer. In my opinion, customs and traditions are very important. Like other families, we have our own customs and traditions. A. Firstly, there’s a tradition in our family of having lunch together on the second day of Tet. Everyone has to be there before 11 a.m. We have followed this tradition for three generations. B. Secondly, we have the custom of spending Sunday together. We usually go to the cinema or go for a picnic. We don’t have to do it, but it makes us closer as a family. C. Thirdly, we celebrate our grandparents’ wedding anniversary on the first Sunday of October because they don’t remember the exact date. The custom is that we have to cook a new dish each year. Last year, my mum cooked lasagne, an Italian dish. This year, we prepared five-coloured sticky rice served with grilled chicken. We all enjoy these customs and traditions because they provide our family with a sense of belonging.
5. 2. Read Mi’s presentation on customs and traditions. Is she writing about her family or her society? In my opinion, customs and traditions are very important. Like other families, we have our own customs and traditions. A. Firstly, there’s a tradition in our family of having lunch together on the second day of Tet. Everyone has to be there before 11 a.m. We have followed this tradition for three generations. B. Secondly, we have the custom of spending Sunday together. We usually go to the cinema or go for a picnic. We don’t have to do it, but it makes us closer as a family. C. Thirdly, we celebrate our grandparents’ wedding anniversary on the first Sunday of October because they don’t remember the exact date. The custom is that we have to cook a new dish each year. Last year, my mum cooked lasagne, an Italian dish. This year, we prepared five-coloured sticky rice served with grilled chicken. We all enjoy these customs and traditions because they provide our family with a sense of belonging.
6. 3. Now guess in which paragraph each detail below is mentioned. Tick A, B, or C in the blank. A B C 1. The name of an Italian dish 2. The time family members have to gather for lunch 3. The date of the wedding anniversary 4. An outdoor activity 5. The length of time a tradition has existed 6. The reason for spending time together
7. In my opinion, customs and traditions are A B C very important. Like other families, we have our own customs and traditions. 1. The name of an Italian A. Firstly, there’s a tradition in our family of dish ✔ having lunch together on the second day of Tet. Everyone has to be there before 11 am. 2. The time family We have followed this tradition for three members have to gather ✔ generations. for lunch B. Secondly, we have the custom of spending Sunday together. We usually go to the cinema 3. The date of the wedding or go for a picnic. We don’t have to do it, but anniversary ✔ it makes us closer as a family. C. Thirdly, we celebrate our grandparents’ 4. An outdoor activity wedding anniversary on the first Sunday of ✔ October because they don’t remember the 5. The length of time a exact date. The custom is that we have to cook tradition has existed ✔ a new dish each year. Last year, my mum cooked lasagne, an Italian dish . This year, we prepared five-coloured sticky 6. The reason for spending ✔ rice served with grilled chicken. We all enjoy time together these customs and traditions because they provide our family with a sense of belonging.
8. * Vocabulary - sense of belonging (n) : mì Ý nướng - lasagne (n) : lễ kỉ niệm ngày cưới - wedding anniversary (n) : cảm giác thân thuộc.
9. 4. Read the text again and answer the questions. In my opinion, customs and traditions are very 1. What are the three customs or important. Like other families, we have our traditions Mi mentions? own customs and traditions. A. Firstly, there’s a tradition in our family of having lunch together on the second day of Tet. 2. What does Mi’s family usually do on Everyone has to be there before 11 a.m. We Sundays? have followed this tradition for three generations. B. Secondly, we have the custom of spending 3. What is the date of her grandparents’ Sunday together. We usually go to the cinema wedding anniversary? or go for a picnic. We don’t have to do it, but it makes us closer as a family. C. Thirdly, we celebrate our grandparents’ 4. What did they make for the wedding anniversary on the first Sunday of grandparents’ wedding anniversary October because they don’t remember the exact date. The custom is that we have to cook this year? a new dish each year. Last year, my mum cooked lasagne, an Italian dish . This year, we prepared five-coloured sticky rice 5. Why do they love family customs served with grilled chicken. We all enjoy these and traditions? customs and traditions because they provide our family with a sense of belonging.
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12. 2. What does Mi’s family usually do on Sunday ? → They usually go to the cinema or go for a picnic.
13. 1. What are the three customs or traditions Mi mention ? → They are: (1)- having lunch together on the second day of Tet. (2)- spending Sunday together. (3)- celebrating their grandparents’ wedding anniversary on the first Sunday of October.
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15. 5. Why do they love family customs and traditions ? → Because they provide their family with a sense of belonging.
16. 4. What did they make for the grandparents wedding anniversary this year ? → They prepared five-coloured sticky rice served with grilled chicken.
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18. 3. What is the date of her grandparents’ wedding anniversary ? → It is on the first Sunday of October.
19. Summarise the text
20. 5. Work in pairs and discuss the questions. 1. What are the three customs and traditions you like most in your family? Describe them in detail. 2. How do you feel when you take part in these customs and traditions? 3. Why is it important to continue family customs and traditions?
21. 1. What are the three customs and traditions you like most in your family? Describe them in detail. → We have tradition of celebrating family member’s birthday. We also have custom of having dinner together. At Tet, we have tradition of making traditional food : sticky rice, spring roll, chung cake. 2. How do you feel when you take part in these customs and traditions? → They are so meaningful and I feel happy to be a part of our traditions and customs. 3. Why is it important to continue family customs and traditions? → They make family member closer and love each other more.
22. 6. Survey Names of Question 1 Question 2 Question 3 interviewees 1. Nam - Celebrating members’ so meaningful, People birthday; happy understand and - Having dinner together; love each other. - Making traditional food at Tet. 2. 3.
23. 1. Learn vocabulary. 2. Prepare Unit 4: Skills 2.
24. Three customs and traditions in Mi’s family: 1- Having lunch together on the second day of Tet. 2- Spending Sunday together. 3- Celebrating her grandparents’ wedding anniversary on the first Sunday of October.